Replace a vacant clerical position with an Educational Services Technician
IN SHORT
Goal: The district saves about $78,736 per year. (plus 1 more goal below)
Result: Not enough data. The public reports available don’t yet include the details needed to check this goal.
After an Educational Services Assistant retired under the 2023 retirement incentive, the district left that position unfilled. The board created a new, more technical Educational Services Technician position and said the change would save about $78,736 a year.
Brief
Receipt
Stamp (current stage)
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Brief
What the board was deciding. Budget words explained
- Meeting
- December 17, 2024, agenda item 18.3
- Vote
- Approved
- Ayes: 5
- Noes: 0
- Abstain: not recorded
- Absent: not recorded
- Cost or savings
- The district estimated an annual cost savings of approximately $78,736.
- Options considered
- No alternatives were listed in the documents reviewed.
- Who is affected
- Educational Services department staff: A vacant Educational Services Assistant position is not refilled; a new Educational Services Technician (classified Range 51) takes on some of its duties plus technical support and data analysis.Source, p. 17(opens in a new tab)
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Receipt
What the district said, word for word.
GOAL 01
“The estimated fiscal impact will be an annual cost savings of approximately $78,736.”
Agenda item 18.3, Fiscal Impact · Signed Board Minutes, December 17, 2024, p. 17(opens in a new tab)
- In plain words
- The district saves about $78,736 per year.
- Estimated amount
- $78,736/yr
- How it will be checked
- Needs position-level costs: the vacant Educational Services Assistant position compared with the new Technician position. The Unaudited Actuals report classified salaries only as district-wide totals.
GOAL 02
“This will result in net budget savings, given the vacant ESA position will not be filled.”
Agenda item 18.3, Current Considerations · Signed Board Minutes, December 17, 2024, p. 17(opens in a new tab)
- In plain words
- The vacant Educational Services Assistant position stays unfilled.
- Estimated amount
- No dollar amount stated
REVIEW DATE
September 15, 2026()
Receipts default rule: when the district publishes what it actually spent in 2025-26 (its "Unaudited Actuals" report).
The district didn't name a review date, so Receipts uses the date the district reports actual spending for the first full year after the change. How review dates work
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Timeline
What happened, in order.
Board vote: Approved 5–0
Review due (Receipts default rule)
Stamped: Not enough data
- TODAY
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Stamp
How did it turn out? What the stamps mean
Stamps describe what public documents show. They are never a judgment of anyone's work or intentions.
Stamped October 5, 2026 · Every quote checked against its source · Approved by a person before publishing
The district's standard year-end report, the 2025-26 Unaudited Actuals (approved September 2026), shows general fund classified salaries as one district-wide total ($13,324,024.69), which is normal for this report. Because it doesn't list individual positions, it can't show the estimated $78,736 in yearly savings. A short follow-up from the district on this change would make it possible to share the result.
How this was decided
- Goal checked
- “The estimated fiscal impact will be an annual cost savings of approximately $78,736.”“This will result in net budget savings, given the vacant ESA position will not be filled.”
- Review date
- September 15, 2026 (receipts default rule: when the district publishes what it actually spent in 2025-26 (its "Unaudited Actuals" report))
- Rule applied
- "Not enough data" means: The public reports available don’t yet include the details needed to check this goal. The five stamps
- What was found
- The explanation above, based on 1 document listed under Evidence.
- Reviewed
- Every quote checked against its source; approved by a person on October 5, 2026.
What would settle this
Data gap: OpenThis isn't a sign anything went wrong. It's one small piece of public information that would let everyone see the result.
- The record that would settle it
- Costs for the vacant Educational Services Assistant position compared with the new Educational Services Technician position (the district estimated about $78,736 a year in savings).
- Where it would usually appear
- Position control reports, or a short follow-up in a budget update. The Unaudited Actuals show classified salaries only as one district-wide total.
See every open data gap (position-level cost comparisons and more)
District response
Not yet invitedWhen the district is invited to review this record, the date will appear here, and any response will be added in the district's own words.
New stamps: the district gets 10 business days to review a stamp before it's published. How district responses work
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Sources
Every document used on this page.
- 1.Board Agenda, December 17, 2024 (item 18.3) (opens in a new tab)
- 2.Signed Board Minutes, December 17, 2024 (opens in a new tab) · pages 17, 18
- 3.2025-26 Unaudited Actuals (General Fund, Expenditures by Object) (opens in a new tab) · page 4
- 4.Related decision: Retirement incentive offer (December 2023) (opens in a new tab)
Changes to this record
- : Added "What would settle this": the one record that would show the result.
Record last updated October 6, 2026. See something wrong? Send a correction.
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Cite as: Receipts. "Replace a vacant clerical position with an Educational Services Technician." Huntington Beach City School District decision record, last updated October 6, 2026. https://districtreceipts.netlify.app/decisions/2024-12-17-educational-services-technician/
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